London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ilford 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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(No individual pupil is recorded more than once in any column of this Table, and therefore the total on column (4) will not necessarily be the same as the sums of columns (2) and (3).)
| Age Groups inspected (by year of birth) (1) | For defective vision (excluding squint) (2) | For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIA (3) | Total individual pupils (4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 30 | 124 | 150 |
| 1957 | 63 | 260 | 309 |
| 1956 | 53 | 186 | 230 |
| 1955 | 12 | 35 | 45 |
| 1954 | 11 | 9 | 17 |
| 1953 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
| 1952 | 37 | 23 | 57 |
| 1951 | 158 | 93 | 242 |
| 1950 | 82 | 49 | 127 |
| 1949 | 15 | 8 | 21 |
| 1948 and earlier | 236 | 50 | 275 |
| TOTAL | 705 | 842 | 1,485 |
TABLE II.
A. - RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN
THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1963.
NOTE. — All defects noted at medical inspection as requiring treatment
are included in this return, whether or not this treatment was
begun before the date of the inspection.